 playoffs playoffs We can technically still talk about playoffs. It doesn't seem like it in I know a lot of Ravens fans like oh Even if they get in they're gonna be one and done a lot of Ravens fans like they don't even deserve to make the playoffs But it's still a conversation that we can have because they technically have not been eliminated from playoff contention yet and A lot of people asked well, what do the Ravens need to happen? Well beating the Rams that would have been a great start But also would have beating the Bengals or beating the Packers or beating the Steelers or beating the Browns That would have helped a lot even if just out of one of those five games You would have just won one or maybe two two would help even more of course I mean winning all five would have been great, but it didn't happen and it didn't even come close to that But winning four it's possible. But anyway We don't even need to talk about this. So all right, so How can the Ravens make the playoffs? How can they do? How can they get in? Well first and foremost? The Ravens they need to win They need to it's so crazy that we've been talking about all these different playoff scenarios for so long We've been talking about how the Ravens week after week after week after week after week after week after week after week after week They've been getting so much help from so many different teams week after is crazy. It's crazy So the fact that losing five games straight The fact that they are still in the hunt to actually be up in a playoffs is crazy But anyway first they need to win against the Steelers next week first and foremost so You got to take care your own business But then we back to the old school Ravens that They got to take care they own in the last week of the season, but they also gonna be low They're gonna be scoreboard watching Gonna be scoreboard watching so you need to take care your own and you need the Browns to either lose tomorrow night against the Steelers or To lose next week against the Bengals Now I wonder if Bengals would consider resting starters since This spot is clinched this spot is locked up and I don't think they can really move any higher really low I mean it really doesn't matter much anyway Because either it looking like it's gonna be the Titans are the number one seed So it's not really looking like they can really do much So would they possibly rest starters and and get ready to be healthier as they can be in the playoffs who knows? But you need the Browns to either lose tomorrow night Or again lose next week so Go Steelers Yikes, and then you also need Here's the kicker You need the Jaguars to beat the Colts You need the Jacksonville Jaguars to beat the Indianapolis Colts now man It's a division game, so I mean there's that so It ain't looking like Ravens are making the playoffs, but Let's still talk about this scenario cuz anything anything is possible till it ain't possible no more So you need the Jaguars to beat the Colts in week 18 So maybe the Jaguars since they obviously would just be playing spoiler Maybe they could come in there with their chest out and they could take care of business Trevor Lawrence He stopped throwing all these pics. I mean, I don't know how you played today But he has his best game of the year and it's like oh They goes that number one overall pick T law. We love him So hopefully Hopefully hopefully that ends up going down and then they also need the Patriots to either beat the dolphins or to tie with the dolphins next week Patriots they clenched, but Patriots I Did they clinch the division or did they clinch as a wild card? Oh that part? I'm not 100% sure on but I do know I am 100% sure that they are in the playoffs They got a they got a spot in the playoffs. So they're set there. Oh Okay, both them and Buffalo are both 10 and 6 So they're fighting They're both fighting so those two teams are in wow anyway So you need the Patriots to either beat or tie with the dolphins and then You need the Raiders to beat the Chargers and that's a game that they said the winner of that game gets a wild card spot They get one So Yeah, so just a quick recap the Ravens need to win against the Steelers the Browns either need to lose Against the Steelers tomorrow or against the Bengals next week doesn't have to be both It can be one or the other the Jack Jacksonville Jaguars need to beat the Colts The Patriots need to beat or tie with the Dolphins and the Raiders need to beat the Chargers and those and along with the Ravens winning That would allow them to be in the playoffs this season I Still want the Ravens to go to the playoffs. I Don't really think I'm gonna get what I want, but I mean Ravens they put themselves in this position They certainly put themselves in this position That's what happens when you don't take care of your own business Even when you get opportunity after opportunity after opportunity after opportunity after opportunity after opportunity Then you get another opportunity after another opportunity so It's life as a Ravens fan And hey, we enjoy it. We enjoy it now again. We talk about how Ravens fans Was spoiled spoiled not spoiled rotten, but spoiled Because Ravens don't they don't lose like very often in this like what this season has been It's just weird when the last time they went eight and eight and or went right around 500 or even Just above or below 500 obviously 2000 2015 that's the five and four five and eleven But even before then like they were in the similar situation Had when what was flack over four and five or five and four before Lamar took over So it was seeming like it was gonna be this type of season back then but then Lamar took over and well Y'all remember the rest of the story and then you see what happens when Lamar is taking out Y'all see the current story and Wow, when was it? Maybe like 2017 What were they like nine and seven then I think I forget what their record was anyway this is a pretty unfamiliar territory for the Lamar Jackson led Ravens, but this team isn't a Lamar Jackson led team since he's been out and We'll see if they end up having him hobble out there to practice this week If he ain't ready they still need not rush it. Hopefully they don't rush it, but I mean We'll see but anyway, uh, I just thought I'd let y'all know I'm sure y'all have seen the scenarios by now But just in case you ever forget just in case you needed a reminder You can always come back and watch the video and say okay. Well, I know what these Ravens They need to do and I know what they need to have done Will it get done though? Again, anything's possible till it ain't possible no more team keep it clean. I love y'all appreciate y'all Ravens Even though y'all stress us out even though y'all have been losing doing a lot of losing We still love y'all we still appreciate y'all we do Because despite losing they they do some very fun losing they do some very creative losing Well, they have been they don't normally do it like that But they have been doing some very creative losing But hey, that's life as an NFL fan, right? So it is what it is remember. Please remember on a serious note We joke around here about the Ravens a lot. We talk about the Ravens a lot We enjoy talking about the Ravens and just NFL period, but please remember even though the Ravens have been rough remember Where they stand in your life Please give them their proper perspective. Please please give them their proper place This is Ravens of NFL football, but your life your regular life is much more important and Ravens shouldn't be out here that they shouldn't ruin your day. They shouldn't ruin your night. They should not ruin your week They shouldn't be doing that to you if they're doing that to you might have a problem Because they don't even do that to players Players they get over stuff a lot quit and they're the ones in the actual game They're the ones that that that help control it like what as fans Got no control over the game unless you decided right out there on the field and do something crazy But besides that as fans, you ain't got no control over the game Unless you a ref and and you got you like one team over the other But besides that fans don't have any control over the game But fans a lot of fans they can Sort of let a loss linger on and on and oh man my week is don't know players don't even do that and they're in the games So you don't need to do it either Love y'all team keeper clean y'all keep your heads up and just like the Ravens are when it comes to being in the playoffs I'm out